A mum has left people shocked after admitting that she refuses to buy her son Christmas presents.

Lisa Norman, mum to two-year-old Neil, is fed up of Christmas being "a disgusting exercise in rampant consumerism" and will not have any presents waiting for her son under the tree.

Instead, the 31-year-old has stared putting money into an account that Neil can use for a deposit on his first house.

Not only does she not buy presents at Christmas, Neil gets no gift on his birthday either.

She told the Mirror: "You see these photos showing the huge amount of gifts people are buying their kids in the run-up to Christmas. There’s huge pressure on parents to buy children lots of presents, especially with social media."

"It is ridiculous. We’re not struggling financially but we thought the money could be used for other things. We don’t want to spoil him with stuff he doesn’t need, so we just get him nothing."